Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

Topics: Mankind Quotes

A hungry man is not a free man.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when...

In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when...

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the...

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the...

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that...

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that...

It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to...

It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

We mean by politics the people's business - the most important business there is.

We mean by politics the people's business - the most important business there is.

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States.

Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...